Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-10-15
Foreign Correspondence,
LETTER FEOn Mss MAGGIE HILL.
PEA, IrALY, hug. 18th, 1885,

PEA, lrhLY, hag. 18th, 1887.
! viii begin where | lett off IN my
It.i letter hDIBr. The An nit was he
ia1 night We spent in Frni"c. After
- 7ii" ina .pirn''j! Guni0l., Gn'!cr II
tu,i moon. on the Grand CaH1i. We
nook ~" train tor P~IUr"nr', aud reach
rt 'hrfy rurls next morning. Dnr
2iaiir'' - or apartments. IN thai ritv
- art, and at ~, ,a'i.frd u that
Hr W"rH laigrtl IN uu" OF the old p't-
arcs 81 the aH,i ant tnr. the buk"- :
dud We af,TsaTi. learned that il wa
agDlarv at ;Hr tprrni.. ine wall
wc- %, hing #Iih Dreaded mtin lni
velvet " unique TYPE. aud the iinr9i
quality. Flor, iIrr, and u, treasures.
aTr real, the vast estate .eii b. the
most powerful .ii rem rkablr oI Inc
gs.4i liIiiaH iauiili"., Va" nriicii.
TIE Nachrist} Of one 'turrii. on which
vas cIpynti"n more We ,lti than any
,tru"turc Df IL -izr | have ever Sen.
J.. the mib-nIrum nt three Grrnd
Dufrs II il made nf the fine, parir.
lin- or marblra, ~nrnpmenird with pre-
"tnns s'0Ucs, and contains treasures o.
untold value. Amrug IT," latter are
ne s,a'H" Of L0rrn.i .hr n t2niti 'nui
-~rOn-'irrri N" u The Wn>trr.p,rrc.
nj -rnip are and Niyii and Morning..
both rs Michael Angelo. \ singular
aud very amusing custom rx i. At his
uiin>ni"nrn. and has existed for age
~ unr seeming 10 know how or whru
/ originated "ycrt day. precisely ut
II O'r'Grk. The %janitor feed, all the eats
in ihr ncIgh bnrhOods They com"
from every dirPriion -vagrani rai..
family ra;s. cats ri a!l r,.lpr- and ,izrs,
gpui cat and bad rats. some WA KING
a"mnr"'t and quietly, oihcr. skppin.
along mer il some nrrhra NJ will,
brisiirs erect, Il. II ready 10 fight, bur
all brni TN securing the daily mrai
.'Hi they had been arrus,0mnl Il,
-inco ki'trnhopd. !, i. jus, TOO funny
to .er them.
IN" PHI and U6isi Gall"ries, re.
garde the !a~yc.t in,he wofld. ARE 81
- a legacy 10 TIE wonderful Mrdnii
The ~ 81 of nur TN" IN Fl renee wa.
spent ~ these igD pitr
WHEN c.mc 10 Europe, | func,cd
That Us arr Treasure. would b. onr oI
the plea-ur e Of the trip TINT | wuul,
not apprcriHi" nor ENJOY, ~ hai M
genius for, and but iitile knowlcdy.
%. pain, NJ and sculpture; bni now
mud NJ, self deeply interested in them
AMI they arc growing To he NV musI
pleasant rerDilr"iion,. q fcoursr Il,
not a%pprrcia,e THEM ms ~ artist would
but raii now rendi,, Distinguish [,
Rapnarl. u Tiiian. and Michael Auur
10, or n Ginao, those that po.scs> pnr,
liar features, and typical clnrarirri.
tea. Wick and ! have brrnn. yer,
fond uf collecting pictures, chief, roI,
l"s OF the important works of ,rl \,
nave seen: also photographs AMI rn
craving u noicl structures and inter
rstibg localities We hive visited. BE-
tween Us. think We AREA Y have sry
cral hundreds Of those pictures.
FROM Florence we went TO Rome
For an account of This remarkable eli,
respectful y refer YOU 10 Appleton
Guide Book. To tell all saw of i,
would, as our little guide rrmurSc,
require a head Ms big u, the Dome ,
ST. Pc,rrs. But ! rrmembrr rnnu.I
10 entertain Won while when y,.
: home. viii take my pirlurcs mn,
+ note book. aDd carr, YOU ON 4, sinh,
/ seeing tour through The Et.rn,i ~,